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Jack Mintz: High speed derails in North America

Bullet trains have been a big success in China, Japan and Europe. Why have they utterly failed on this continent?

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High-speed rail (HSR), which enables passengers to travel at 300 km/h or more over long distances, diverting demand from roads and airports to electrified rail trips, has been a big success in China, Japan and Europe, with their dense populations. So why has it utterly failed in North America?

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If Canada’s high-risk, high-cost Toronto–Quebec City HSR project actually gets built, it will be the only such railway in North........

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